Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

They say all good things must end. But, a good name and a little dignity, integrity and honesty last forever. You carried these on your badge and uniform, Officer Cook, as you were laid to rest along with bravery and the courage to battle with boldness this adversary, an enemy too enormous to battle by oneself. Dade County had and still witnesses its share of violence, your tenacity, Officer Cook, made all difference in us being safe and secure. Terror must be torn apart just as much as turmoil which can do the same amount of damage. You stayed calm and utilized your training that terrible day when the words gallantry, wisdom and conviction were given a heavenly meaning. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 17, 2018

Consolations over your loss, Officer Cook and compliments paid everyday to a valiant hero of the highest form of honesty and humbleness. You greeted Dade County and its folks with a hello, a wave and smile, yet your confidence to resolve and fight wickedness never wavered. Good character and morals are catchy, too bad Mr. Pearsall who took your young life and career did not adhere to this very same principles. We cherished and admired your zest and zeal to seal off adversity and by your unselfish humility was tranquility bestowed along with goodwill on mankind. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 17, 2018

Those diligent and humble souls of peace and harmony may smile with glee in God's perfect community where constant surveillance will never harm them at all. Your heroic, humane and humble vigilance over Dade County, Officer Cook, has and will forever be marked by salutes of honor, integrity and dignity. All the results of stellar character and commitment to pride and excellence toward its citizens. When violence erupted you answered those dangerous calls in a measured tone of humility and ferocity. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 17, 2018

Dedication. Articulation. Acumen and awareness, they all help not hinder a public servant's charge right into violence's way. When peril and turmoil stand ready to attack, a plan of action must be employed. You had a plan, Officer Cook, always confronting a situation as wisely as possible. peace, liberty, relief and safety were brokered on Dade County and its peoples hope and spirit of goodwill. It is just a crying shame a gentleman of gallantry, character and good grace had to lose his life to a demon that still menaces our society. You tried. You smiled and were upbeat as you performed your best as our hero and warrior making your family and comrades mighty proud of your professionalism. Prudent and proficient. The effort was always present as was your unquestionable concern and compassion for all. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 16, 2018

To be frank, open and candid you require a two way conversation. So too does police work embody more than a few good people. Your humility, honor and determination, Officer Cook, shedded light on the subjects of violence and wickedness. For Dade County and its citizens it was your priority and passion that served you well. Six years of faithfulness, actually, twenty-five years of a wonderful life combined with family assisted you infighting these horrific forces of terror. You kept your wits, wisdom and dignity about your badge and uniform boldly helping colleagues save lives. Today, we salute your ingenuity and maturity all the results of your vision and convictions. You followed your instincts and pursued your happiness rather diligently. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 16, 2018

It is obvious that some police officers march to a different beat. What must be drummed into those skulls is that intensity requires integrity, honesty and all the fibers of dignity and ferocity. When peace and liberty are on the line and danger awaits to disrupt its movements all men and women must be available to answer that call. You answered many various calls, Officer Cook, hovering around the venues of Dade County responsibly providing the respite of resolve and security as it was needed. A man of commitment and character should not be overlooked as you were a humble and loyal hero to so many other comrades. Decency and desire rest among the many angels in God's legion of loyalty and respect. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 16, 2018

Tragedy unites those brave and honorable public servants who strive to complete the missions of those women and men all brave and humane who sacrificed for our journeys to continue. Dade County and its folks have persevered and prospered because of your undying and unwavering courage and tenacity, Officer Cook. It's character, integrity and humility that helped to right a fallen ship taking on water and about to sink. You can be sure, Officer Cook, that values, dignity and your serene efforts to stop evil won't be forgotten. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 16, 2018

History of our valiant angels reveals their true humane and humble character. It's in their loyalty, bravery and esteem that has created an unforgettable bond between themselves and our movements where peace and a little tranquility never hurts. Dade County was a community where your efforts and resolve were greatly appreciated, Officer Cook. You led other comrades by virtue of your superior skills and the talents that followed you on your hunt for serenity. Evil must be conquered one day. We cannot allow such violence to stop our destinies of happiness, hope and faith. All you have to do now is just allow God to allow your precious and sweet soul surround us day and night keeping us attuned to what is happening. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero of character and conviction. Your vision and wisdom eloquently conversed a message of the broadest terms of endearment. Its still with us today and everyday.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 15, 2018

That day of redemption will be here before we know it. So better start planning and preparing for its arrival. You woke up each day, Officer Cook, planning and figuring out your career and how to achieve your training. At the police academy you get a bird's eye view of everything. Nothing left out. So too did your service and preservation of Dade County open eyes and ears. Its breathtaking messages of passion and humane actions spoke as loudly as did your stellar character and commitment. Nothing finer than a man of refined values and morals patrolling for peace and prosperity. Badge#1664 did a superb job in all its roles and you, Officer Cook, were the living example of one brave soul. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 15, 2018

Respect breeds character. Diligence brings devotion. Vigilance delivers honesty, integrity and the courage to battle against any enemy that impedes our peace and quiet. Dade County was served by a humble and loyal young man of gallantry, a gentleman of grace and humility that helped to see your journeys through until Our Lord came calling. Yes, Officer Cook, you persevered and resolve situations before they became worse and stopped violence for the majority of your short tenure of six years of dedicated and determined service to your community and department. Today, because of your enhancements can we the people enjoy the fruits of your labor unselfish, unwavering and undying ferocity. Wish you could be present to see all the changes and their happenings. Heroes and heroines, angelic saviors do have the best venue to witness these events, in God's throne of shelters as you are cradled in His giant and humbly lovable arms for eternal safekeeping. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 15, 2018

There will never be a dry eye for you, Officer Cook, not after you made the supreme sacrifice on behalf of Dade County and its residents. Your courage, honor and humility are the living testimony of your essential and faithful tenacity. And of course for having the dignity, integrity and grit with which to battle this foe we brand as evil. If only that day could that wicked young man have given himself up without that gunfire. People have switches and I suppose his was turned fully on to commit mayhem against authority and those citizens including his girlfriend. Your humility, civility, sanctity and nobility have all been duly noted. You will always be treasured as a peaceful soul who delivered the goods of hope and goodwill to all mankind. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 15, 2018

Loss of life does not destroy the love one who gives and sacrifices for the common cause. It's a bonding process that can occupy many years and yet that hole never really can be filled. Your loss, Officer Cook, as tragic as it was helped to bring together those folks who truly desired peace and its stabilizing harmony. The faith and ferocity brought hope as did your reverence, integrity and dignity for a demanding task. So much to absorb. Little time to think and to react. That day you did your utmost to restore calm and humility to a scene gone haywire by a heinous individual's dislike for authority. Your blessed name is etched on walls and in our thoughts, hearts, minds, your family, fellow peers of perseverance and friends from afar. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. There is a lot of fight left in the Cook, Wilkerson and Tidwell Families, plenty of love, esteem and affection to go around the room shall we say. As the holidays fast approach, just to let you know, Officer Cook, you are missed terribly and its a profound loss of a great person and a wonderful soul with a gentle spirit of admiration to match.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 14, 2018

If only that day you could have diffused a dire dilemma in the heart of Liberty City in Miami where you protected and served with true compassion and humility the citizens of Dade County. Officer Cook, you were a humbly gallant man of the morals and character that has endeared you to so many individuals. The sacrifices we think we make are nothing when compared to your humane and brave resources. Our peace and prosperity can move forward, why can't yours, Officer Cook? We remember and offer a solemn and most deserving salute to you. A gentleman of the highest intellect, wisdom and the maturity to size up a situation and to take proper command, better yet, leadership and the skills needed to persuade others to follow suit in those trails of tenacity not tyranny. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 14, 2018

Time really flies by before you can bat an eye. Better make your affirmations, promises and live by them for one never knows when that day of reckoning will come. Dade County and its people witnessed genuine admiration and general peace and safety all because of your unwavering and unselfish actions of heroism and honor, Officer Cook. Character must stamp its seal of approval upon your missions of resourcefulness and the charges in your journeys. Destinies of devotion and desire, your dreams, aspirations and goals were deemed accomplished and complete. At the tender young age of twenty-five, violence, hatred and evil should not have stepped in and taken your life. A career and pathways so filled with nothing but humility and the distinction of serving our community one that fondly looks back upon your professionalism. Its efficiency, proficiency and unique sense of balance was there on a daily basis. The wicked shall not flourish. The righteous they reap their heavenly rewards for doing what God tells us is proper and fitting. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 14, 2018

Your dignity and boldness, Officer Cook, communicated the esteem and respect you had for your position. A role so important that it extracts every ounce of courage and bravery, honesty and integrity from those women and men who stand in there and defend our rights, our resolve and our intuitions. Your ingenuity, wisdom, character and vision, Officer Cook, have been and forever will be a shining light that glows humbly and warmly from your heroic legacy. A born leader, motivator and instructor with humility and faithfulness all in your cherished heart. You'll be remembered and saluted for helping salvage good relations among mankind. If only that tragic day never occured. The what ifs remain for your family , friends and colleagues to ponder. They still have wonderful memories of a young man so talented and yet so refined. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 14, 2018

Honors, homage and salutes are really never final, for they can be bestowed at all hours and times when crisis and turmoil lurks. The public is entitled to excellent service validated by quality honor, wisdom and the vision that delivers true humble dignity and integrity. You arranged that for Dade County's folks, Officer Cook and so much more. Their lives have been enriched greatly all due to your diligence and vigilance so vital to peace and freedom overriding violence and its associated evil. You were a hero of the most sacred and faithful of magnitudes. Success do not come easy as it's humbly instilled in its bravest and most genuine of police officials. God took you, Officer Cook, as young and strong as you were for a reason we don't really quite understand. Your family and colleagues in arms are to this day still trying to come to grips with why? May 16, 1979, five minutes before ending your watch with your partner. Going to a call you attended to many other times. The emotions running high, a desperate, diabolical and devious young man bent on taking the lives of private citizens and the police? For what logical explanation? Heroism and humanity were stirred together by humility's exploits. Your missions, passages, journeys and destinations of determination and true dedication of character and the scruples of survival. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. You engaged. You educated. You enlightened and fought long and hard to live and breathe like those comrades who stood with you in those trenches of tenacity. Its ferocity having those everlasting affects upon us. Never forgotten. Always well regarded and highly respected.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 13, 2018

So dear and near and yet your beautiful soul, Officer Cook, is affixed at Our Lord's heavenly gates of grace and gallantry. Those worthy and most astute of heroic public servants rest ever so gently, their souls of security and peace now patrolling those heavenly pavements of prosperity where you reside, Officer Cook. You sacrificed, grew up and worked for and lived in a community where unity and liberty were to make excellent acquaintances. Dade County and its citizens realized their dreams and ambitions rode upon your badge of boldness and your uniform, pristine and crisp, full of integrity and dignity from the constitution of one humble and humanely loyal servant. Always heroically remembered and deservedly saluted for valor and unselfish resolve and effort. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 13, 2018

The vitality of the people depend on the health and welfare of those sworn men and women who serve for a specific cause. The case and point of crusading for courage where peace and serenity, hope and goodwill may be located. Its epicenter during your watch, Officer Cook, was in the heart and soul of Dade County and its areas of personal interest. You allowed your tenacity to take you to where violence needed to be headed off before more bedlam ensued. You were a stalwart whose character and conviction resurrected the masses and now God has taken you back to heaven to humbly watch over us and our journeys of faith and hope. Time flies by before you know it. Success and failure hinge upon our every movement. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 13, 2018

Peace and unity travel down those lonely roads of resolve and bravery all driven by meaningful honesty, integrity and the dignity to put in place the strength to carry on. We carry on with your agendas of fruition, Officer Cook, as best we can, though your service and character were a formidable duo in fighting off the forces of evil. It's a fever pitch, but one task that must get done justly,proudly and most humbly. Dade County has suffered enough and your morals, values and commitment saw those residents with at least an opportunity to live peacefully as one. You'll be forever saluted for heroism, heart and humility that stays within those comrades who served with you and of course, your beloved family. A cherished and admired man and an even more gallant gentleman with a compassionate heart.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 13, 2018

Prospects for peace are on the horizon so long as our most dependable and honest of public servants stay true to form in ferocity, character, dignity and integrity. What made you the humble and treasured hero and colleague to your peers, Officer Cook, was your willingness to fight a foe so powerful, its winds of evil can destroy lives. Life so valuable and yet one where peace and unity can only occur through consistent dedication and steadfast determination, one that you possessed, Officer Cook. Never forgotten. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. You gave us encouragement to dig deeper and to march forward with our journeys of happiness, the same ones you relished and should be here to see them through. God is watching over your family as is your wonderful soul of quiet and introspection. .

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 12, 2018

The words and their meanings try to inspire us and give us a ray of hope and goodwill for our futures. Yours, Officer Cook, was certainly on the upside with more journeys left to behold. You held the pulse of peace and freedom for Dade County citizens in those humble palms and now you are being cradled in God tender loving arms for eternal safekeeping. The honor, integrity and dignity were all witnessed by family and colleagues alike who knew and understand a true hero and a gallantly humble man of character, desire and determination. To stay the course and make the endeavor for security takes a great leap of faith and conscience. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Those big green fields where you relished taking photos are just a glimpse into the happenings in heaven that await angels of valor and courage. Superior saviors and heroes and heroines, humility and civility do reap their just rewards.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 12, 2018

Unity is one instrument. And that is to bring one and all together even in times of crisis and strife. You see the real honest people and those just going through the motions. Dignity, desire and integrity when protecting life and property are not agents by which you go through the motions. Ordinary individuals have these same characteristics just as all humble and loyal public servants must. You possessed superior capabilities, Officer Cook, sheltering Dade County and its folks from terror by maintaining calm even in a stressful situation. May 16, 1979, sure was that day, hot, sunny and very confrontational for you and your fellow officers in Liberty City. What transpired next, you gave your life and career for peace and its potentials to make their rounds throughout a community that salutes your ingenuity, wisdom and humility. Bringing sanity and sense back to those clamoring for a sense of values and pride. The good Lord gives and He takes back His angelic heroes and heroines of valor to safely patrol His sacred pathways of perfection where no further harm will happen to you. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 12, 2018

What we know regarding law and order, peace and prosperity could fill a thimble. What good honest and hard charging men and women do everyday is place the most sacred of themselves in the line of fire shielding us from peril and wickedness. Your whole life, Officer Cook, was an indication of integrity, dignity and humility learned, preached and practiced the right way. Dade County sure had a most cherished, respected and admired leader of others securing the peace while making certain those dangers were kept at bay from us. Only the conclusive character, commitment to pride and morals could faithfully carry out those assignments where awareness, acumen and instincts kick in. Never more polished and a proficient man wearing a crisp uniform and a shiny badge fairly going about his daily official business. Humanity was well served by you, Officer Cook, I 'm sure your family and brave comrades miss you so dearly. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Liberty City and its residents got A number effort and the grace and humanely heroic actions from a superior warrior and servant of Our Creator.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 12, 2018

Liberty is not a license to commit mayhem. Freedom is not a facility by which to obstruct justice. Bravery is for those humble and boldest of public servants of which you were in Dade County during the 1970s, Officer Cook. Messing around with honor, dignity and integrity is one sure way to get yourself in trouble and those whom you serve and protect in harm's way of terror and evil. You stayed the paths of diligence and perseverance, Officer Cook. the peace and unity had the potential to channel themselves into more friendlier serenity and stability through your character to one and all. A man of missions that brought the promises of faith, hope and goodwill to all of society. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 12, 2018

Mayhem creates a flood of memories. Memories of a heroic life and a career headed for more humility. It also lays out an evil person's criminal problems while our bravest and most honorable stand toe to toe confronting violence. Your family has wonderful memories that will always be a part of them and their happy pursuits in life, Officer Cook. Badge#1664 stood tall in humbleness, dignity and the integrity to restore peace and harmony to those living in Dade County who desired serenity and the safety needed to aspire. You were a man, a gallant warrior who kept his word of character and vision right where it had the most positive effect. Rest in peace my neighbor, friend and hero. Officer Cook, you lived a proud and sacred life, twenty-five years of excellence and the destinies of decency that have now been rewarded by Our Master of this universe.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

March 11, 2018